Cornell Lab: Land Trust Small Grant Program Accepting Applications

Written By Heather Obara

Eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus). Photo by Tedd Greenwald.

Through its annual grant program, the Cornell Lab’s Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative helps accelerate and amplify land stewardship and bird conservation on private lands. The 2025 Request for Proposals is now open, and the program will award around $260,000 to as many as 14 projects under the following sub-categories:

  • Capacity and Partnership Projects – 6 grants of $10,000 each 

  • Management and Restoration Projects – 8 grants of $25,000 each  

Applications are due March 1, 2025, with funds dispersed at the end of May.

Questions can be directed to: Sara Barker, Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative Program Director at sb65@cornell.edu.

Heather Obara
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